BNSF Railway train M-BARLAC1-05A heads west into the setting sun on its way from Barstow CA to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles. BNSF ES44DCs 7718, 7705 and 7738 are up front, with two more ES44DCs, 77... (more)
Built by the American Locomotive Company in July 1951 for the United States Department of Energy (DOE 39-5309), this RS-1 was later sold to DuPont, which numbered it DUPX 107. In 2015 it was loca... (more)
This locomotive was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Union Pacific SD24B 438B in September 1959. Retired by the UP in October 1977, this cabless locomotive was purchased by Prec... (more)
As the equipment for Metrolink Orange County Line train 660 backs into Los Angeles Union Station to load passengers before its run to Oceanside, on an adjacent – and elevated – track a Los Ang... (more)
Just thirteen days ago, in Fort Worth TX, I encountered Amtrak's 50th Anniversary "Phase I" locomotive, P42DC 161, on train 22, the eastbound Texas Eagle. Somehow, I missed knowi... (more)